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(
s.xii1; MS: c.1145
)
Eslaise ta buche, e je aemplirai li
Oxf PsANTS 91.80.9
(
c.1136-65; MS: c.1200
)
‘De tes commandemenz curui La dreite veie senz ennui Si que mun queor en eslaisas A amer ço ke comandas’
Salemon 3407
♦to open up, widen:
(
1163-70; MS: s.xiii2
)
Dous messagiers i enveia Pur la veie bien eslaiser, Qu’aler i poust senz encumbrier
S Edwbarking 4489
v.refl.
to enlarge, grow bigger:
(
1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin
)
Pur la grant joie del present Que li clers out tant sudeement, S’eslaissa li quors e tant crut Ne pout restreindre quant il dut
Rom de Rouwace i 249.2381
[esleiser] (s.xii1)